Comments on: Caring for Vintage Linens and Textiles – Part Two

By: Lynda Kolski

Lynda Kolski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:04:09 +0000

JAD,
I’m not sure what you mean by relaxing time. I often will iron linens when they are still slightly damp. If they have dried completely, I will spray them to lightly dampen them and make the ironing easier.

By: Lynda Kolski

Lynda Kolski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:01:53 +0000

Sarah,
Read Part One of this article, which is also on Worthpoint. In that, I go into detail about how to clean yellowed and brown linens, which is most often just storage soiling. Good luck!

By: Lynda Kolski

Lynda Kolski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:58:43 +0000

Rose,
Without seeing the tablecloth first-hand, or knowing what you did to it, it sounds like whatever you used to clean it, bleached it. If that’s the case, there’s not much you can do about it. I wouldn’t want to make any recommendations without seeing the cloth firsthand and knowing a lot more about it, fabric, colors, cleaners already used etc.

By: Lynda Kolski

Lynda Kolski — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:55:06 +0000

Mike,
To get an accurate valuation on your iron, I would suggest submitting a question to ask a Worthologist with photos and description, including condition.

By: JAD

JAD — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:19:15 +0000

I WANNA ASK U IF THERE IS A POSSIBLE RELAXING TIME OF LINEN AFTER BEING DRIED AND BEFORE IRONING
THANK YOU

By: Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:40:56 +0000

Sarah,

One of the oldest & best ways to bleach vintage & antique textiles safely is to lay them out wet on the grass in the sun. This is called ‘crofting’. It has been done for centuries in Europe, and even can be seen in the background of a Breughel painting that is in the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. There were special fields of grass for bleaching linens in France, near Paris, & the Netherlands. Linens were sent there from all over Europe by the very wealthy.

You might like to go to eBay >Community>Discussion Groups & click on the Needle Arts & Vintage Textiles discussion group. Nice ladies (a few men) who generously answer questions & share their knowledge. We have fun, too, & share some great recipes.

Best wishes,

Ellen

By: megsmom

megsmom — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:23:01 +0000

Thank you for the hint of using an old cotton bed sheet to store my old linens and asst. textiles in/on. Regards, Gina from Edmonton, AB, Canada

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:52:04 +0000

I’d would like to know how to get yellowing out of old linens and get them white. I have heard of boiling them with lemons, is this true?
I would appreciate your responce. Thanks Sarah

By: rose

rose — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:57:14 +0000

I feel awful, I have the really old hand made round table cloth kind of a burlap color, with embroidered flowers, while trying to get out this little stain, the color of the burlap , in that spot is white, i think I ruined it, can anything be done??

By: mike

mike — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:48:05 +0000

I have one of these. I think it says UDX 6 though. Well, whats it worth ? I am a seller this week! Thanks